Downtown Austin skyline in December 2022 (Credit: Michelle Palacios)
AUSTIN (KXAN) – As Austin’s downtown area continues to grow, city officials say a moratorium on new downtown street events first enacted in 2014 must remain in place.
The city first instituted a moratorium, or temporary ban, on new street events to keep city streets safe while the downtown area grows, according to a city memo.
City officials have renewed the suspension several times over the past nine years.
The city said the most affected areas are the Downtown Austin Project Coordination Zone between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the north, Oltorf Street on the south, MoPac/Loop 1 on the west, and Cicon Street on the east. He said that. According to the memo.
Several major projects are underway in this area, with more planned in the coming years.
The memo also notes that two multi-year projects, Project Connect and the downtown Interstate 35 widening, are scheduled to begin construction in 2024 and will have a significant impact on the area. .
The memo says the moratorium will remain in place, but small events may be allowed pending review by the director of public works and the Austin Center for Events program manager.